Thousands of individuals demonstrated in Munich towards sexualized on-line violence. According to the organizers, round 6,000 folks took half within the rally, which was referred to as for by the Munich Green Youth and the “Feminists United” initiative, amongst others.
The focus was solidarity with the presenter Collien Fernandes and a protest towards digital violence towards ladies. Among these talking on the rally was the chief of the Green Party within the Bavarian state parliament, Katharina Schulze. The designated mayor of Munich, Dominik Krause, additionally took half within the protest.
Demand: Stricter legal guidelines towards deepfakes
Schulze referred to as for stricter legal guidelines towards manipulated pornographic content material on the Internet. “If you produce or forward pornographic deepfakes, it must be punishable in the future,” she mentioned. In addition, expertise corporations must be held extra accountable and disclose their algorithms.
Schulze additionally spoke out in favor of extra money for counseling providers, ladies’s shelters and prevention work.
The background to the present debate about digital violence are severe allegations made by the presenter and actress Fernandes towards her ex-partner, the actor Christian Ulmen, which have been first reported by “Spiegel”.
She accuses him of making pretend profiles in her identify and utilizing them to distribute pornographic photos. The presumption of innocence applies to elms. His lawyer Christian Schertz introduced that he would take authorized motion towards the “initial reporting” by “Spiegel”.
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